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Priti Patel vs Peter Dowd

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

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Priti Patel
Con Witham
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Photograph of Peter Dowd
Peter Dowd
Lab Bootle

Voting alignment

Priti Patel and Peter Dowd voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 1,112 shared comparable votes.

52 same votes 1,060 different votes 1,112 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
8 Aye 3 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
2 Aye 9 No
43 Aye 25 No
Migration 6% aligned 68 shared votes
21 Aye 47 No
56 Aye 103 No
Brexit / EU 5% aligned 159 shared votes
101 Aye 58 No
9 Aye 11 No
Benefits 5% aligned 20 shared votes
10 Aye 10 No
31 Aye 27 No
Trade 3% aligned 58 shared votes
27 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
34 Aye 22 No
Transport 0% aligned 56 shared votes
22 Aye 34 No
17 Aye 31 No
Education 0% aligned 48 shared votes
31 Aye 17 No
19 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 45 shared votes
26 Aye 19 No
19 Aye 25 No
Defence 0% aligned 44 shared votes
25 Aye 19 No
11 Aye 19 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 30 shared votes
19 Aye 11 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

61.7%
11% below average
Rank 560 of 649
Participation
68.9%
4% below average
Rank 449 of 649
1,466
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,637
2,376 eligible divisions
666
45.4% of votes cast
Aye votes
916
56.0% of votes cast
800
54.6% of votes cast
No votes
721
44.0% of votes cast
14
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
5
0.3% of votes cast
16 years, 4 months
Since 6 May 2010
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

68
-14.3 vs Commons average
Rank 319 of 649
Appearances
40
-42.3 vs Commons average
Rank 503 of 649
95
-48.5 vs Commons average
Rank 348 of 649
Contributions
28
-115.5 vs Commons average
Rank 582 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,462,741
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,122,879
all imported IPSA years
£244,429
8% above average
Latest expenses
£243,077
7% above average
14
3 registered categories
Registered interests
1
1 registered category
12
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
189 of 211 votes
#1
Defence
63 of 71 votes
Housing
52 of 67 votes
#2
Work / Employment
64 of 77 votes
Trade
70 of 91 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
39 of 48 votes
NHS / Health
39 of 56 votes
#4
Brexit / EU
171 of 211 votes
Tax
217 of 322 votes
#5
Trade
72 of 91 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunal (Extension of Time Limits) (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill: Second Reading 1 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 23 17 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 19 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
No
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Amendment 10 16 Jan 2024
Migration
No
Aye
Draft Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) Regulations 2023 13 Dec 2023
Aye
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